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Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri [Pallas, 1769]
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Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
BTO Codes:
ES , STEEI
EURING No:
2090
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
3 Concern, most not in Europe; Localised
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
45 cm
Wingspan:
73 cm
Weight:
M/F: 830 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: polu =many + stiktos =spots
and after Georg Steller (1709-46) German naturalist and explorer
World Distribution:
BREEDS: arctic coasts of n Eurasia & Alaska, WINTERS: south to Baltic Sea, Siberian coast & sw Canada
Habitat:
Tundra ponds, lakes, on migration seacoasts
Diet:
Marine invertebrates, esp. molluscs, crustaceans
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Norfolk, 1830
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
10
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Highland
(1959),
Moray & Nairn
(2000),
Northeast
(1970),
Outer Hebrides
(1974),
Orkney
(1976),
Shetland
(1996),
North-east England:
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Stellersand
Dutch:
Stellers eider
Finnish:
Allihaahka
French:
Eider de Steller
German:
Scheckente
Hungarian:
Steller-pehelyréce
Icelandic:
Blikönd
Irish:
Italian:
Edredoni di Steller
Norwegian:
Stellerand
Polish:
Birginiak
Portuguese:
Eider de Steller
Spanish:
Eider de Steller
Swedish:
Alförrädare
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Solovieva, D.V. et al. 1998 BWP Update 2:145-158
Kear, J 2005 Ducks, geese and swans Oxford University Press
[598.48 KEA]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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